Which workflow fits?
Tavus combines Phoenix rendering with CVI perception and turn-taking. Start by evaluating the conversation configuration your application needs.
Anam offers a modular API and publishes CARA-4 landscape and portrait output. Check Starter's session cap before projecting a workload.
Compare the specifications
| Detail | Tavus | Anam |
|---|---|---|
| Model | Phoenix 4.5 / CVI | CARA-4 |
| Full avatar usage rate | $21.00/hr | $9.60/hr |
| Full billing basis | Builder overage | Starter overage |
| Video-only usage rate | Not published | Not published |
| Video billing basis | Separate video rate not verified | Separate video rate not verified |
| Full response timing | Not verified · Full conversation timing not established | <1 s · Median full conversation, vendor claim |
| Video timing | <130 ms · Audio-to-video rendering | 180 ms · Median server-side latency |
| Output resolution | Not published · No verified specification in the cited sources | 1152 × 768 · Landscape or rotated portrait |
| FPS | 35–40 FPS · End-to-end engine throughput on slower machines | 25 FPS · CARA-4 output |
| Custom motions | Expression controls · Emotion and upper-body motion; signature actions not verified | Not verified · Custom signature animation control not established |
| Moderation control | Not verified · An unmoderated or configurable mode has not been verified | Not verified · An unmoderated or configurable mode has not been verified |
| Deployment | Hosted API | Hosted API |
Latency definitions
Tavus's <130 ms rendering result and Anam's under-one-second conversation claim use different clocks. Compare matching stages or measure both full sessions.
Measure the same event at both providers before selecting a fastest option. Include network and speech-stack behavior in complete conversation tests.
Compare your monthly workload
Illustrative totals for the selected monthly plans, using five-minute connected sessions. Each row uses one mode for the entire allowance. Video Only excludes an external voice stack. Taxes, avatar preparation, and unlisted add-ons are excluded.
| Provider and mode | 100 min/month | 1,000 min/month | 10,000 min/month |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tavus Full AvatarBuilder monthly | $59.00 | $347.75 | $3,497.75 |
| Tavus Video OnlyBuilder monthly | Not estimatedA matching video-only tariff is not verified. | Not estimatedA matching video-only tariff is not verified. | Not estimatedA matching video-only tariff is not verified. |
| Anam Full AvatarStarter monthly | $20.00 | $164.00 | $1,604.00 |
| Anam Video OnlyStarter monthly | Not estimatedA matching video-only tariff is not verified. | Not estimatedA matching video-only tariff is not verified. | Not estimatedA matching video-only tariff is not verified. |
Tavus: 30-second minimum per session; duration rounded to the nearest six seconds. Recording add-ons excluded. Billing source ↗
Anam: Billed session time includes silence. Starter sessions last at most five minutes. Watermark retained. Billing source ↗
Questions for a production trial
- Confirm the exact model, mode, and plan in both sessions.
- Use the same audio and documented output conditions.
- Test short turns, interruptions, idle time, and session failures.
- Record delivered FPS, resolution, and total billed cost.